Y'all Wanna See A Dead baseball? Vladdy Jr. Is On FIRE

Jesus CHRIST this ball was massacred. Obliterated. Vaporized. The CF just turned around, stopped running and admired this nuke of a HR:

And the camera didn't even pick up where the ball landed. 117+ off the bat and 461 feet from home plate, which is a BOMB in the muggy Florida air:

craziest part is it was a change piece on the outer half and he turned on it. If the launch angle was another degree or two higher that ball is leaving the solar system. That's not an easy feat and is a testament to the sort of plate coverage Vladdy Jr. has developed. Dude's turned into a star, and for as much fanfare as he received as he ascended through the minors and into The Show, I don't feel like enough people are talking about the kind of year he's having right now:

Those are scary numbers through 1/4 of the season. MVP numbers and he's still only 22 years old. Kid's finally clicked and is going to be a fixture in the MVP convo for years to come assuming he can stay in shape and injury free. You love to see it. Hopefully baseball markets him way, way better than that one dude named Trout on the west coast because Vladdy Jr. is here to stay. 

UPDATE:

he just did it again:

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Dude's unconscious